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Overview

Practice safe procedures when responding to highway incidents with HIGHWAY SCENE SAFETY. A valuable learning tool for emergency response safety courses or as a handy reference manual for the field, this book focuses on operational guidelines necessary to conducting effective highway management while on the scene of the incident. Emphasizing the need to reduce line of duty deaths for all emergency responders, this book covers pre-planning, the national incident command system, governing laws, interagency communications, personal protective clothing, roadway considerations and other topics required for a safe response.

Features and Benefits

OPERATIONS ON THE HIGHWAY – The book uses real life aspects to discuss how highway operations should be managed.

FLAGGING OPERATIONS – An entire chapter is devoted to how, when, and where flagging operations should be conducted. This is knowledge an emergency responder needs to know to survive in the street.

GOVERNING AND APPLICABLE LAWS: Discusses current laws regarding highway incidents, including D.O.T., Vehicle and Traffic, and the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Device (MUTCD) Laws.

NATIONAL INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM: The book addresses the National Incident Command System, and includes Command Structure, Planning, and Preparedness – all essential elements of the command system.

AGENCY INTERACTIONS: Discussions evolve that stress the importance of working and planning with other agencies. This is essential when it comes to planning a highway incident.

HIGHWAY OPERATIONS PITFALLS: Addresses some of the challenges of conducting operations on the highway, such as helicopter landings, blind curves, maintaining needs of stopped traffic, placement of signage and variable message boards.

PROPER SIGNAGE: The book outlines specific colors which other books do not address.

TYPES OF ROADWAYS: The book talks about types of roads, such as connector roads, interstate, local roads, and design of such and how traffic reacts to them.

CHARTING AND OUTLINING THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCENE: Provides practical guidelines for outlining the traffic management scene on each type of roadway and each type of situation.

Meet the Author

Author Bio

Leslie J. Greenwood

Leslie Greenwood has 32 years of emergency services work both in and out of New York State. He was the Fire Chief of the Chester Fire Department, a State Fire Instructor, a Fire Investigator, and a Police Officer overseeing the training division. Currently, Leslie is employed with the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control. He is a member of the NYS Incident Management Team and has been assigned in the Planning Section to disasters such as the World Trade Center, Hurricanes Dennis and Gustav, and several wildfires. Mr. Greenwood is a certified National Incident Management System instructor for the state, and also serves as a Deputy Coordinator for Special Operations for Orange County Division of Fire. He also serves as a member of the I95 Coalition Tri-State Highway Operations Group for the Lower Hudson Valley in New York.

Leslie Greenwood has 32 years of emergency services work both in and out of New York State. He was the Fire Chief of the Chester Fire Department, a State Fire Instructor, a Fire Investigator, and a Police Officer overseeing the training division. Currently, Leslie is employed with the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control. He is a member of the NYS Incident Management Team and has been assigned in the Planning Section to disasters such as the World Trade Center, Hurricanes Dennis and Gustav, and several wildfires. Mr. Greenwood is a certified National Incident Management System instructor for the state, and also serves as a Deputy Coordinator for Special Operations for Orange County Division of Fire. He also serves as a member of the I95 Coalition Tri-State Highway Operations Group for the Lower Hudson Valley in New York.